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punctus

/ˈpʌŋktəs/

punctus noun: the basic dot (‧) used to end a sentence in medieval punctuation (ancestral to the full stop/period).

Noun

punctus

  1. The basic dot (‧) used to end a sentence in medieval punctuation (ancestral to the full stop/period).
    • In the sacerdotal prayers in col. a the punctuation is by punctus flexus, punctus elevatus and punctus.1993, Malcolm Beckwith Parkes, Pause and Effect, Plates and Commentaries, page 197
    • The most common item of punctuation was the punctus or point.2011 July 22, Tadao Kudouchi, edited by Akio Oizumi and Jacek Fisiak, English Historical Linguistics and Philology in Japan, De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 172

Origin of punctus

From Medieval Latin punctus (“punctuation mark”).

Questions about punctus

What does punctus mean?
Punctus means the basic dot (‧) used to end a sentence in medieval punctuation (ancestral to the full stop/period).
What part of speech is punctus?
Punctus is a noun.
How do you pronounce punctus?
Punctus is pronounced /ˈpʌŋktəs/.

Words near punctus in the dictionary

  1. punctures
  2. puncturevine
  3. puncturevines
  4. puncturing
  5. puncturings
  6. punctus
  7. punctus circumflexus
  8. punctus elevatus
  9. punctus flexus
  10. punctus interrogativus
  11. punctus percontativus

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